Tascam has announced version 3.1 of GigaStudio, a free upgrade adding many features and functions and increasing the functionality of this sampling package. <

GigaStudio v3.1 adds new iMIDI templates, making it easier to use iMIDI rules for adding life to instrument sounds, and a host of new iMIDI rules and features. The Stack Instrument Selection feature allows you to quickly assign keyswitches to swap sounds on a MIDI channel during a performance effectively shattering previous limits on the number of Dimensions possible. Version 3.1 also adds drag & drop creation of GigaPulse presets, user interface enhancements, new comprehensive keyboard shortcuts and a list of other improvements designed to improve your workflow in GigaStudio.

The release will be available for download in early June.

New Features in GigaStudio 3.1:

• iMIDI Templates: GigaStudio v3.1 now supports the use of templates to facilitate loading/saving iMIDI rules. A template is a user/developer-configured rule that can be quickly loaded into the sampler and attached to an instrument or a stack.
• Stack Instrument Selection: This feature can extend the playing capabilities of the sampler by allowing an unlimited number of samples to be assigned to a note range
• Key Re-Mapping for Stack Instruments: Keyboard re-mapping can be applied at the Port/Channel level for quickly re-mapping input notes to samples as is often needed with drum controllers.
• Quick Edit Undo/Redo: New Undo/Redo functionality added to the Quick Edit interface allows users to easily compare changes made to commonly edited instrument parameters.
• Naming Stack Instruments: It is now possible to name stack instruments so they can be easily identified, even when the stack view is collapsed.
• Zone Limit for Stack Instruments: This powerful little feature allows the user to remove overlaps between instruments that are used together on a stack.
• Instrument Selection Within Stack Instruments: This extends the idea of dimension key switching into the stacked instrument realm by providing the ability to key switch between instruments in a stack, practically providing unlimited dimension switching possibilities in real time.

GigaPulse Enhancements

• New Import Wave Data menu item, which makes creating your own GigaPulse presets from raw impulses very easy & fast.
• It is now possible to enter parameter values directly as text.